Data Protection Impact Assessments

All new projects, initiatives and processes that involve using or sharing personal information will have

a Data Protection Impact Assessment during the initial stages and prior to any procurement decision

being made. This helps to assess privacy risks to individuals and identifies the legal basis for the

collection, use and disclosure of information, known as processing.  All Data Protection Impact

Assessments when completed will be submitted to the Data Protection Officer for review and the

Caldicott Guardian for approval. 

The below document is available as a record of this activity to provide assurance to individuals whose

information Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) process.

For any further information please contact the Trust’s Data Protection Officer Gill Monteith by either

email: gill.monteith@nhs.net or telephone: 01244 397384

Data Protection Impact Assessments Completed

Title/description Date

All age disability & mental health service - Staff from Wirral Council will TUPE over to Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). They will continue to use the Liquid Logic case management system. The network and system will continue to be hosted and managed by Wirral Council on a dedicated server. However supporting information assets will also transfer with staff.

04/09/2018

Employment advisors in IAPT – Employment advisors employed by Cheshire West & Chester Council co-located with Trust staff to enable more people to receive combined psychological therapy and employment support to remain in, return to and find work.

30/10/2018

NHS Streamlining North West – Agreement to share information regarding NHS workforce between NHS trusts and some Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) in the region

02/01/2019

Delivering EMIS for Enhanced Care Communities - Currently, CWP Community staff use the community EMIS system as their electronic patient record. When they access the community EMIS patient record, they have the ability to also see the GP patient record (for information purposes only). This provides the most up-to-date information from the GP. The changes will enable

08/02/2019

the Countess of Chester Hospital to access the patient’s community EMIS record, and therefore the GP patient record by default and will enable information to be shared with medical professionals working in the Countess of Chester Hospital.

ADHD case load information. Information will be shared by the Trust with the ADHD consultant to allow him to accurately review patients currently open and/or waiting to be seen by the Bolton ADHD service.

18/04/2019

Pharmacy Ascribe System. The request to supply medication is generated by CWP medicines management staff this is then processed by Rowlands staff (at Bowmere in hours and Hollins park out of hours). CWP patient data (Demographics and medication) will be held on the Ascribe system hosted by EMIS. The System is owned by Rowlands). The pharmacy staff of Rowlands who supply pharmaceutical products under contract to both North West Boroughs (NWB) and CWP will see this information. NWB & CWP medicines management staff will be able to see this data.

08/05/2019

Vale Royal GP’s EMIS. To enable information sharing between CWP Starting Well service and Vale Royal GPs so that records for children and families with a Vale Royal GP who reside in Northwich and Winsford District are visible to each service. This will support effective communication in relation to safeguarding children and in continuity of record and information that supports clinical decision making.

28/05/2019